Legendary British writer and 'scourge of the establishment', Heathcote Williams turn his acerbic pen to American politics, showing how President Trump is the progeny of a political establishment which has been steeped for centuries in violence, artifice and greed.'American Porn' is a continuation of new, 'investigative poetry' works addressing major political events. Williams has also published 'Badshah Khan: Islamic Peace Warrior' and 'Brexit Boris: From Mayor to Nightmare'.

Die dunkle Seite der englischen Königsfamilie Wussten Sie eigentlich, dass Queen Elizabeth II. die größte Landbesitzerin der Welt ist? Sie besitzt mehr als das zehnfache an Land als der kürzlich verstorbene König Abdullah von Saudi-Arabien. Die Geschichte der Windsors (vormals Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) ist ebenso bizarr wie erschreckend: Rüstungsgeschäfte, mörderische Fehden, Fremdenhass und unverhohlene Sympathien für den Nationalsozialismus. Das nach wie vor positive Image der Königsfami...

Whale Nation is a hymn to the beauty, intelligence and majesty of the largest mammal on earth. A ‘green classic’ read with natural resonance by its author, it rarely fails to strike a chord in the hearts of those concerned with the abuse of our planet. On the second CD is a fascinating account of whale history. Sensitively underscored with classical music.

Sacred Elephant is a moving portrayal of the world’s largest land-living mammal. The poem explores the life of elephants in their natural habitat and in captivity, and details their relentless destruction at the hands of man. Evocatively read by the author, the poem is accompanied by a second disc containing a fascinating compilation of facts and figures from elephant history. Sensitively underscored with classical music.

‘Abandon all hope you who enter here’ (Lasciate ogne speranza voi ch’intrate) Dante’s Hell is one of the most remarkable visions in Western literature. An allegory for his and future ages, it is, at the same time, an account of terrifying realism. Passing under a lintel emblazoned with these frightening words, the poet is led down into the depths by Virgil and shown those doomed to suffer eternal torment for vices exhibited and sins committed on earth. Inferno is the first part of the long...

Romeo and Juliet is the play which, in English literature at least, effectively invented the modern love story. Its charm and its power derive from the romantic setting (Verona, an Italian Renaissance city), the youthful innocence and ardour of the lovers, and (perhaps crucially) the excitement and drama created by the opposition which they have to contend with, an opposition which does not simply stem from the older generation but which is starkly present in the feud between their two fam...

This is the poignant and compelling story of perhaps the most naturally gifted musical genius of all time. Copiously illustrated with examples of his music, it tells of Mozart’s extraordinary childhood travelling the courts of Europe, and of how, after a brief period of fame in Vienna, his fortunes declined until his early death and last resting-place in a pauper’s grave. More than 70 excerpts from the symphonies, operas, concertos and chamber music of Mozart.

For a century Bram Stoker’s Dracula has reigned supreme as the undisputed masterpiece of horror writing. We have all grown up under the shadow of the elegant Count, at once an attractive, brutal and erotic creature of the night. In 1897 Bram Stoker wrote a story expressing the most persistent nightmare of the human condition. Take this opportunity to dream again…

Set in the literary and journalistic buzz of late 19th-century London, New Grub Street depicts a world that George Gissing knew inside out. Elements of his own experience are diffused in different characters in particular the struggling, talented Edwin Reardon and the young, ‘modern’ Jasper Milvain through which he explores the sense of crisis for writers at the time: the gulf between aesthetic integrity and commercial success. It was the first major novel to place the concept of authorshi...

This new translation of the great classic of Ancient Greece starts a cycle of drama recordings by Naxos AudioBooks. The anguished tale of Oedipus, who having solved the riddle of the Sphinx and become King of Thebes, gradually realises the crimes he has, unwittingly, committed, remains a drama of unremitting power 2,500 years after it was written. With full drama values, Naxos AudioBooks the atmosphere of the Greek amphitheatre to the soundworld of CD, with the outstanding young actor Mich...

The theme of Revelation is apocalypse: the end of the world and the coming of Christ in judgement. The date of the composition was probably some time in the nineties AD. One of the most controversal and quoted texts of the New Testament, The Revelation of St John the Divine has inspired and troubled artists, poets and seers through the ages.

Now of that second kingdom I shall sing where human souls are purified of sin and made worthy to ascend to Heaven’ Purgatory is the second part of Dante’s The Divine Comedy ascending the terraces of the Mount of Purgatory inhabited by those doing penance to expiate their sins on earth. There are the proud forced to circle their terrace for aeons bent double in humility; the slothful running around crying out examples of zeal and sloth; while the lustful are purged by fire. Though less well...